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No. 700.674. l Patented May 2o, |902.

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(Application led Spt. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

witnesses I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. BURT, OE SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO COMBO SHIRT COAT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OE NEV YORK.

GARNI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,674, dated May 20, 1902.

Application filed September 4, 1900. Serial No. 28,988. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES I-I. BURT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Springlield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have made new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

[o My invention relates to an improved combination coat and shirt.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of garment which while being simple, light, and inexpensive may be worn either as a coat alone or as a coat and shirt combined.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the construction herein shown.

In the accompanying drawings, in which 2o like letters ot' reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a perspective View illustrating the garment as seen from the front when worn as a combined shirt and coat, a portion of the iap being elevated to more clearly disclose z5 the construction. Fig. 2 is a like view of the device as seen from the back. Fig. 3 is a like view showing the operation of the garment as ordinarily worn as a combined coat and shirt; and Fig. 4 is a side view, with 3o parts broken away, disclosing more clearly the detail of construction.

In detail, a, indicates the front of the body portion of the garment, b the back portion, and c the supplementary front shirt portion.

The construction will be readily understood on reference to the drawings. The body portion of the garment at both front and back is formed like an ordinary light-weight coat, it being made, by preference, of a material which 4o is adapted for both a shirt and light-weight coat. The lower portion of the front is cut away, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, forming in appearance a garment of the style known as a cut-away coat. 'Ihe front shirt portions c are secured to the inner face of the front portion of the garment intermediate of the neck and waist, substantially as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the opening of the garment or line of separation being continuous at the front from the neck to the bottom, so 5o that the line of buttoning extends not only through the body portion a, but also through the shirt portion c. The coat-front o. is intended to be kept normally closed from the neck downward, as shown, and the edges of the divided shirt portion c are also to be united by suitable fastening means when the garment is worn. The shirt portion c is for an abdominal covering only and need not eX- tend above the breast-line or even as high as this line in some cases.

Vhen the garment is worn as a shirt and coat combined, the portions c only are tucked into the pant-s, the remaining portion hanging outside of the pants, as is usual with a lightweight coat. When the garment is worn as a shirt alone, all garments below the waist-line are tucked into the pants, and when it is desired to present the appearance of a shirt-waist under a coat the garment may be 7o worn in either way with a coat arranged outside the combination-garment.

To conceal the Suspenders, I provide the front portions c with suitable openings, through which the suspender-straps may pass and be yattached to the pants, these openings being covered by the lower front outer portion of the garment, so that the suspenders are entirely concealed when the garment is worn as shown in Fig. 3.1 8o

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A coat comprising a portion a, arranged to be normally closed over the breast from the neck downward a depending back portion b, two complemental front iiaps formed by cutting away the lower part of the front portion a, and an abdominal shirt portion c secured at its upper edge to the inside of the front 9o portion a, and adapted to be worni'nside of the trousers, substantially as described.

JAMES H. BURT. Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER,

S. SWEENEY. 

